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Amoeblog posts marked with east side luv.Eclectica Moves To Wednesdays, New Latin Releases for March<font face="arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif" size="2"><span style="line-height: 15.921875px;"><img src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Gomez/ecleticamarch.jpg" alt="Eclectica moves to March" width="225" height="300" align="left" style="border:8px solid white" />Every first Sunday over the last three years and change, DJ's Reyes &amp; Glenn Red have provided a great party called <em>Eclectica</em>. I have spent many Monday mornings groggy after a night at Eclectica, but it's a great way to kick of the work week.The name of the night says it all. If you like to dance to soul music from all over the world, this night is a great place to start. I've heard Reggae, Samba, Afro-Beat, Cumbia, R&amp;B, Hip-Hop, Modern and classic Cuban music, Reggaeton, Balkan Brass bands, Bollywood classics. Its a chance for their guest DJs to stretch out and get away from the norm of weekend hits and the resident DJs always up to the challenge to match their&nbsp;diversity. <br />
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<div style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px; line-height: 15.921875px; outline: none; font-family: arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">Starting on <a href="https://www.facebook.com/events/133521290153410/">Wednesday, March 6<span style="line-height: 1.2em; outline: none;">th</span></a>, Eclectica moves to every first Wednesday. For that reason, Eclectica is bringing out the big guns. Guests include<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/2007/04/los-angeles-me/sloe-poke-la-s-resident-dj.html"> DJ Sloepoke</a> and Fresko, two deep crate diggers just waiting to be unleashed to any unsuspecting crowd. Be prepared for anything. I'm hoping the Sloepoke and Fresko are going to bust out their expansive Cumbia record collection.</div>
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Speaking of Cumbia, I'm not in the habit of recommending Rough Guide compilations. Although the people at <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/label/63267#/view-list/page-1">World Music Network</a> are no slouches to the World Music game, I often don't think about them when it comes to Latin Music. However, their latest foray into Latin Music is an absolute barn burner! <em><a href="http://www.amoeba.com/rough-guide-to-cumbia-cd-various-artists/albums/2849121">The Rough Guide to Cumbia</a></em> (Out now) and <em>The Rough Guide To Latin Psychedelia</em> (Out in April) were both compiled by Pablo Yglesias, a writer/graphic designer and DJ better known as <a href="http://bongohead.blogspot.com/">DJ Bongohead</a>. Yglescias has compiled collections for <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/label/61713#/view-list/page-1">Vampisoul</a> and <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/label/36697#/view-list/page-1">Masstropicas</a> and is the author of the book, <em>Cocinando: Fifty Years Of Latin Album Cover Art</em>. Each disc is full of classics and modern takes on the genres that work together seamlessly. Each release has a bonus disc of rare tracks by the likes of the Cumbia supergroup, <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/116877/releases">Los Corraleros De Majagual</a> (RG To Cumbia) and Peruvian Chicha masters <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/203652/releases">Los Destellos</a> (RG To Latin Psychedelia) My only complaint is that these two releases aren't slated to be released on vinyl as of yet.</div>
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Speaking of vinyl, the new <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/299430/releases">Bomba Estereo</a>, which has slowly become my favorite new release in the first part of this year, is now available on LP. Also on LP is the latest release from <a href="http://www.amoeba.com/music/artist/113198">Cafe Tacuba</a>, imported from Mexico. We only have a few so I wouldn't wait to long to get them.</div>
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Mon, 04 Mar 2013 15:26:46 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2013/03/los-angeles-me/eclectica-moves-to-wednesdays-new-latin-releases-for-march.htmlRadio Sombra Debut & The Future of Internet Radio In East L.A.<img align="left" alt="radiosombra.org" height="300" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Gomez/radiosombra.jpg" style="border: 8px solid white;" width="311" />Last Thursday, I took part in the debut of <a href="http://radiosombra.org/">Radiosombra.org</a>, a new Internet radio station based out of Boyle Heights in East Los Angeles. My show was one of several that debuts that night as part of a new collective. Among the debuts were <em>The Tao Of Funkahuatl </em>hosted legendary Ruben Funkahuatl Guevara, <em>Art &amp; Grooves,</em> an aptly titled show by art curator and deejay Reyes Rodriguez. Another show is <a href="http://elmerkadonegro.com">Merkado Negro</a>, hosted by Nico from<a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Los-Poets-del-Norte/82074428582"> Los Poets Del Norte</a> and DJ Libre. their show concentrates on everything underground in the real Eastside from subversive art and music to community &ndash;building projects. My personal favorite is the brilliant <em>Heart Break Radio</em>, hosted by Lady Imix from <a href="http://www.facebook.com/groups/46410362788/">Imix Books</a>. Just like the title insinuates, it&#39;s a collection of songs to cry yourself to sleep.<br />
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<em>Discos Immigrantes</em> is the name of my show. It will focus on the migration of records and people, which in some cases are quite similar. In future shows, I will have interviews from folks who have either immigrated to the U.S. or who are the product of immigration (i.e. first generation Americans) The show will focus on their stories and music they have brought with them, whether in the physical form or in their memories.<br />
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Radio Sombra is the brainchild of <a href="http://www.chicanoson.com/CHICANO_SON.html">Marco Amador,</a> a musician and long time community activist, who set up the station and for the time being, is financing the operation. I spoke to him briefly on why he felt the need to start an Internet station in the heart of East L.A.<br />
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Mon, 21 Nov 2011 07:50:00 GMThttp://www.amoeba.com/rss-link/blog/2011/11/los-angeles-me/radio-sombra-debut-the-future-of-internet-radio-in-east-l-a-.htmlIn the Spirit Of Brendan Mullen <img width="250" height="149" align="left" alt="" style="border: 8px solid white;" src="http://www.amoeba.com/admin/uploads/blog/Gomez/brendan-mullen.jpg" /><br />
It&rsquo;s been a while since I&rsquo;ve written about the city I love, even though the name of this blog is called<a href="http://www.amoeba.com/blog/contributors/los-angeles-me/profile.html"><strong> Los Angeles Me</strong></a>. Originally, I wanted to write about Los Angeles and the music and cultural scene of the city that you don&rsquo;t hear about in most Los Angeles publications. Los Angeles has been my home for forty years now and I love it now as much as I ever have. I have been blessed to live and be a part of many communities, geographically and culturally. I&rsquo;ve met some great people in L.A.; some are still here, some have moved to other cities and some have unfortunately passed on too soon. <br />
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The sudden passing of <strong>Brendan Mullen </strong>over the weekend has much of L.A.&rsquo;s music community in shock. Brendan, who started <strong>The Masque </strong>in the late 70&rsquo;s, was, as Paul Tollett of Goldenvoice said, &quot;The first promoter of punk rock in this town, everything started with him.&quot; I couldn&rsquo;t even begin to imagine a Los Angeles without bands such as <a href="http://www.myspace.com/13x69">X</a>, <a href="http://www.myspace.com/germsreturn">The Germs</a>, <a href="http://www.gogos.com">The Go-Go&rsquo;s</a>, <strong>The Weirdos </strong>and <strong>The Plugz</strong>, just to name a few that played at The Masque. The bands that played there influenced many others to not only play music, but to create art and expand their horizons. It could be said that Brendan wasn&rsquo;t just valuable as far as helping music in Los Angeles grow, but that he helped the entire city grow as well.&nbsp; <br />
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I met Brendan while performing at the <em>L.A. Weekly</em> Music Awards back in 2001. I remember he said some very complimentary things about the band I had at the time and how honored I was that he did. This was a man who not only championed the punk scene, but also all music that had the same rebellious spirit. He had a way of making you feel good about yourself, which is probably why he was such a great promoter of music. <br />
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